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If Civic Engagement Is Boring, You’re Probably Doing It Wrong
The five cities of the City Accelerator’s second cohort — Albuquerque, Atlanta, Baltimore, New Orleans and Seattle —…
DIY Guide : How To Build A City From Scratch
From Songdo, South Korea to Lavasa, India via Egypt’s unnamed new capital, everywhere you look it seems someone’s…
Dan Doctoroff and Google Announce Sidewalk Labs
NEW YORK – Dan Doctoroff, the former CEO of Bloomberg LP and Deputy Mayor of Economic Development and…
Enhancing Creative Community Resilience
Inclusivity is a critical element for building urban resilience. In this guest blog, founder of Enabling City Chiara…
Humanity’s Greatest Invention?
Besides being one of today’s most influential urban economists, Harvard’s Edward Glaeser is a highly sought-after city strategist,…
Walkonomics And The High Line Effect
Investing in walkable public spaces should be a no-brainer; they can be a catalyst for regeneration, make…
LA’s pLAn : From Smog & Sprawl To A Green Sustainable City
Los Angeles is known around the world as the home of Hollywood stars, sunny beaches and a high…
How Stockholm Became The Ultimate Walkable City
The quality of life in many neighbourhoods in the Swedish capital is directly influenced by a decision to…
Germany’s Designer City
On the brick wall of a building beside the River Elbe in Hamburg, Germany, a small brass plaque…
Can Melbourne Lower Its Temperature By 7 Degrees?
The Australian city is using trees and water to fight the urban heat island effect. MELBOURNE, Australia —…
The Unlikely Ascent Of Palestine’s Green Architects
One of the first thoughts Danna Masad had about the importance of architecture occurred to her in early…
4 Reasons You Should Move To Vienna
Urbanists obsess over the Austrian capital city and for good reason: It’s beautiful, has affordable housing, great public…
The Network City
“Only connect,” the writer E. M. Forster said famously — and modern scientists working with network structures are…
Singapore’s ‘Urban Jungle’
Inside a city that works hard at keeping the jungle in “urban jungle.” When it comes to discovering…
6 Major Design Trends Shaping City Life In 2015
Cities are the future. By one oft-cited statistic, 70% of the world’s population will live in urban areas…
Communities Of The Future Will Be Organised on Transportation
The era of transit-oriented development and “networked livable communities” has arrived. The Great Recession has fundamentally changed the…